Sí TV Playwriting Award

The Sí TV Latino Playwriting Award is dedicated to the desire to stimulate the voices of young Latino playwrights in America. The award will be presented to the author of the best student-written play by a Latino student playwright participating in the KC/ACTF.

The Sí TV Playwriting Award recipient will receive $2,500 and an internship to a prestigious playwriting retreat program.

Dramatic Publishing Company will present the awarded playwright with an offer of a contract to publish, license, and market the awarded play.

A grant of $500 will be made to the theater department of the college or university producing the award-awarded play.

Sí TV is the nation’s first television programming service designed specifically for English dominant/bilingual Latino viewers. Sí TV’s mission is to support the growth of Latino entertainment and create new outlets and platforms for the growing English language Latino market. Please refer to the Michael Kanin Playwriting Award Rules and Procedures.

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Sí TV Playwriting Award Winners

National Judge 2001: Jose Carrasquillo

2001
A Sick World by Robert Lopez, California State University-Los Angeles

2000
Sombra del Padre/Father's Shadow by Elvira Carrizal of the University of Minnesota, Crisis Point Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mr. Lopez recived a cash scholarship of $2500.00, a fellowship to attend the O'Neill Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and an offer to publish, license and market his play.

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